Check book



Sept. 8, 1925. 1,552,819

L.H.RANDOLPH cnEc BOOK Filed May 20. i924 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNlTED STATES LEWIS H. RANDOLPH, E BANDANA, KENTUCKY.

CHECK BOOK.

Application filed May 20, 1924. Serial No. 714,625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs H. RANDOLPH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bandana, in the county of Ballard and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Check Book, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to check books or the like, and aims to provide anovel form of check book wherein the construction is such as to providea relatively small check book so that the same may be convenientlycarried in the pocket.

An important object of the invention is to provide a constructionwherein the checks are maintained in a flat condition, eliminating thenecessity of folding the checks in order to reduce the length of thecheck book for pocket and personal use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means forfacilitating the selecting of the proper stub to be used when a checkisbeing made out.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable cover whichmay be used and refilled when the checks of the check book have beenexhausted.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a check book disclosin the same open.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the cover in its open condition, the checkbook having been removed.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the check book disclosing thetongue for securing to the check book cover.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the check book andcover when in a folded condition.

Figure 5 is a side elcvntional View of the check book and cover, thesame being in an open position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designatescheck book cover which may be constructed of "the check book supportedleather, or other suitable material, to which cover is secured a member'6 that forms a pocket with the inner surface of the cover.

The cover includes end sections 7 and 8 respectively, which are adaptedto fold over inthe cover, the sections 7 being provided with a slot 9and a socket member 10 which cooperates with the tongue 11 and head 12for securing the cover in its closed position.

The check book includes a check section 13 and a stub section 14:, thestub section being connected to the check section by means of a clothhinge section 15 providing a structure which will permit the stubsection to be folded onto the check section in a manner as shown byFigure 4c of the drawing, thereby reducing the length of the check bookto the minimum and permitting the check book to be conveniently carriedin the pocket of the user.

The stub section of the check comprises a plurality of stubs which areruled in the usual manner, but on the undersides thereof, so that whenthe stubs are folded outwardly in the filling out of a check, themarkings thereon will appear before the user as does the usual stubwhich is formed at the end of a check and separated therefrom by a lineof perforations.

Tongues 16 are formed on the stubs, there being provided a line ofperforations between each tongue and its stub so that when a stub hasbeen filled out, the tongue may be torn from the stub leaving a space between the remaining tongues and the check thereunder to allow the userto readily separate the used stubs from the stub to be filled out andcorresponding to the next check to be drawn.

A tongue indicated at 17 is formed on the back of the checks and isdesigned to fit within the pocket formed between the cover 5 and member6 so that the checks may be removably secured to the cover.

In the use of the device assuming that the check book is to be closed,the section 7 is folded onto the checks and the section 8 folded in alikewise manner. The tongue 11 is now positioned through the opening 9and passed from the underside of the sections 7 to the upper sidethereof, whereupon the head 12 is positioned in the socket member 10 tosecure the cover closed.

It is obvious that when the cover is opened, the stubs may be folded toa position as illustrated by Figure 1 of the drawing tofacilitate thefilling out of the check.

A check book including a pad of checks, a pad of stubs, a length ofcloth material secured to the stubs and pad of checks to connect thestubs and checks, tongues extending from the free edges of the stubs andseparated from the stubs by lines of perforations, said tongues adaptedto be re- 10 moved to provide a space between the upper surfaces of thecheck lying under the tongues, and tongues remaining connected to theirstubs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixecl my signature.

LEWIS H. RANDOLPH.

